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40 Fabulous 1 or 2 Color Logo Designs and Tutorials for Your Inspiration

Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by bmackler.

Generally speaking, designers are in constant need of inpiration. Regardless of the medium, we need to always look for the best and most interesting eye candy in order to keep the creativity flowing.   This is very much the case when the task is to develop a logo.  The right logo has the ability to define [...]

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50 Examples and Tutorials of Bokeh in Photography, Textures and Websites

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by bmackler.

Bokeh, a style originally from Japan that describes an out of focus area of a image/photograph that is used to draw your eye to the subject of the image. This extremely popular photography technique creates surreal and beautiful images, either naturally or using programs like Photoshop.  The light and tonal patterns created [...]

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Top 40 Background and Texture Tutorials and Resources

Posted on 30. Dec, 2009 by bmackler.

Attractive backgrounds and textures are a must for just about all websites, graphics, applications or ads these days.  Whether they are subtle, abstract, grunge or retro; backgrounds and textures can add depth, style and interest to your designs if done correctly.  Below you will find the top 40 tutorials and resources on [...]

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46 Icon Design Tutorials and Resources

Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by bmackler.

Icons are considered an essential element on just about every webpage.  There are few graphics that are seen as a better visual representation for navigating or performing tasks.   Eventhough the internet is filled with high quality icons for various applications it can be near impossible to find just the right one.  This is why a [...]

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40 Best Photoshop Web Page Layout Tutorials

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by bmackler.

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Photoshop is the premiere application for web designers, especially when it comes to web page layout.  The 40 examples below walk you through the sometimes difficult process of  creating a website layout from scratch in Photoshop.  No matter if you are just starting out or consider yourself an expert it won’t be [...]

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55 Must Have Photoshop Brushes and Tutorials To Enhance Your Designs

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by bmackler.

Do you have an idea in your head but not able do put it into photoshop because you think it is too complex?  You may be in need of some custom brushes. Especially for those of us who aren’t illustrators, custom brushes can really help you out in a pinch.  Having a good collection of [...]

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35 Awesome Photoshop Actions that Enhance Your Work

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

First we need to ask  What is a Photoshop Action?  Each Photoshop action stores a sequential series of tasks/jobs, and by hitting the ‘play’ button you get the same effect again and again without the need to repeat steps individually.
Photoshop actions can be very powerful and a great time saver because it automates a multi-step [...]

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31 Essential Web 2.0 Tutorials and Freebies

Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

Web 2.0 is still an extremely popular trend that has been going strong for a while now.  It is generally defined by clean, crisp lines, rounded corners and smooth gradients.   For those who do not want to develop dark and edgy designs, this is the way to go.  It places a focus on usability, [...]

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30 Plugins to Supercharge Photoshop

Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

It is well known that straight out of the box Photoshop is capable of an amazing amount of things, but mastering some effects are considerably harder than others. These days you do not have to be a Photoshop pro in order to complete some of the harder projects and achieve the more elaborate effects.  While [...]

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17 Best Tutorials for 3D Text in Photoshop

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by bmackler.

As we have seen, there are some amazing 3D text effects you can create with Photoshop.  3D Typographic design is extremely popular and not as hard as it looks to develop.  Here we have collected 17 really cool 3D typographic tutorials for you to learn from.  While some of them use [...]

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